Yorkshire - The Prince’s Visit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1692A
Date Released
9 Nov 1961
Date submitted
3 Nov 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Prince’s Visit. DESCRIPTION: Opening the Rotherham College of Technology’s 700,000 pound extension was just one item on Prince Philip’s busy Yorkshire programme. Touring the new building, and chatting with students, he signed the visitors’ book before proceeding to Sheffield University and the department of Fuel Technology. Mr Butler, who is Chancellor of the University, was there, as the Prince went round the chemistry department. Then, His Royal Highness watched the students’ soccer match. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU building. GV street. MS crowd. MS Prince Philip going through doors. MS men working (2 shots). CU instrument. MS Prince Philip (2 shots). MS same talking. GV fire extinguisher. MCU Prince Philip. MS fire. MS Prince Philip. GV model fire engine. CU same. MS ditto. MCU Prince Philip and Mr Butler. MS women working. MCU Prince Philip. CU bottles. CU another. CU paper. GV football match (students match). GV goalkeeper. MCU two men. GV play. This is a robot fire extinguisher.
Keywords
Sport; Education and training
Locations
Yorkshire
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
83414
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
110
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'Yorkshire - The Prince’s Visit', British Movietone News Issue No. 1692A, 9 Nov 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24352 (Accessed 19 Jun 2025)